New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-30
HANOVER AND KINGSTON.
WILL THEY MEET IN THE WRITER'S oRNoTi


WILL, THEY MEET IN THE WRITER'S OR MOTT
DorNGs AT JEROME PARK LAST wERK-THE VEN
ERABLE BoURKE COCHRAN.
Trainers at Jerome Park maintain to tho last
moment that Kingston will not be sent for tho wiue''
They will not be persuaded that no Is reahy ior
bruising race with Hanover Snedeker tho eno"'
d.,cs not wish 10 see his net beaten easily by any
horse and will never send him to the post OUT u
condition. Kingston has boen doing his worh WIZ"
Blackthorn, the Bramble-Valerian COLT anu oo -
answered every call of their trainer. "i' M
has been exercising them SO carly LII 'lo 10y -,
onenot even the persistent tout VI inc pooAlna'o'
rc.,lv knows what they have done OF can DO one
,h,pc "a certaiuKingson has not been pushed 10 MS
limit
Mr. Ta,rctto the genial AMI energetic superintend-
cnt Of the course Mr. Sredeker one day 'a~t "eeA
aud said something about early rising
"why, didn't get up till O'clock us ii'o'n'' ,"
the trainer said, locking ~ de!ectoa VS. Az "N
lost O whole day. , 40
at holIevo MIR. snedckor is afraid Of Hanover inc
xritcr remarked In the presence Of half dozen u
crs He put out tho observation Oh icoion
aN.,, replied ono Of the horsemen, hos not sirai
Of Hanover. He has no cause to DO % The simple
fact is Kingston Is not ready 10 mcc' ha"o''i' ~
Is far behind him in work." -.
How about the other brown colt, BacKthorh
az shall not DO surprised II he goes to the posi-
Git to run for a mans life. And he is pretty ias'
TOO"
aHanovcr gave Kingston seven pounds and peat
ing I'm the Sspllng Stakes last year., conthueu uio
writer cropping his way In the dark.
"That's very true" said W. Donohuc' uio "eii
rnown Jockey who, being O horse owner spehus
mast of his tisle at Jerome PARK "bu'' no ooh
tinuoi speaking with conviction, there was uiio
last year when Kingston could have given hanover
seven pounds and beating, and If am not ms
he could have given that black colt fremont all ho
wanted T., do 10 beat him. Don't be 100 SURF .naV
Hanover will run away from sncdekcr's colt This
year"
Donohue ia as close to Mr. snedeker as any man
nm the turf and his remaks are entitled 10 respect
rs they are a reflection of the trainers own 'houshS'
Hanover has not been let out this season Nc
IauehIin is trying to invent a new way Vi hoinlhs
a, ,.Jt that insists on flying a mile a minute The
old WAY is too hard on his hands and al us when he
rides Hanover and I've hopes one Of these days 10 DC
able to put his back TO the task. Hanover reureu
with bleeding mouth after the Brookdale handlcaP'
and when Mclaughlin weighed IN he remarked W
Secretary Mcintyre:
81 could have stopped and got down ana UP asa'h
and beaten anything in that field
Racing men begin 10 ask themselves anu oho an,
other: lis fremont a better colt than Hanover
II Is violating no confidence to quote Donohuc's
opinion of ALI Estill, his mount in the Brooklyn
Handicap
sMf Estill is a rank coward" he declares, land
had no chance with him."
All is an excellent sud horse. He revels In
ouacmire and II the course is heavy to-day he VIII
be somewhere In tho hunt Jr the fvcfuIloDg sweep
stakes. Every improves him, and one OF thcSe
fine summer afternoons Mr. Babcock, the prince OF
cIam-bakers, will "pull or handsome stake. All
lovers of a good bake" hope he Will DO III SOON
Donohuo was chagrncd at the result OF the Brooklyn
Handicap Had he not been engaged all winter 10
have hnpn
Monopole's back the big race. His admiration Tor
the little bay colt is unbounded The defeat Of Dry
Monopole In the Brookdaie 'Aust have beeh DUCT
blow to him. He had set his mind on SLOWING inc
public that he eight pounds better than Mccarthy
who piloted Emory & Co.'s colt to his great victory
over Blue Wing and Hidalgo. Either DOnohue or
that ia pounds stopped Dry Monopoe, for with LOG
rounds I'D he ran the big handicap in faster time
than Hanover did the Brookdale. Mccarthy now mas
q chance 10 crow and there persons who declare
he will not fail TO make use of IL. lie Is an ex-
ccptonaily clever jockey, but much given TO 'slK.
To the casual observer that sterling FLY Connemara
"a perfectly sound, and appears to be cOd enough "
heat any threeAycar-old FLY in training. III shc Is
as good as she looks many brackets Will be cediteu
IN her in The Turf Guide" Her trainer, Mr.. Hy-
land close-mouthcd but perfectly frank .dan when
he can be induced 10 talk, told the writer last week
that he had unable to detect the slightest flaw
I'm Conncmaras constitution; but" he added III inc
breath " the boy VINO fldcs her III her "Oih h9
told me ON two occasions that he heard peculiar
noise I'm her breathing If that is so, IL Is possible
her wind is affected. hope and believe he Is mis-
taken but you can't tell anything about 1t yet She
has Cone all 1 asked her to do
The FLY is remarkably well developed In some
respects sho reminds of The Bard. ln'e power
is stored quarters she has legs as fine as steel
and II her wind be all right few animals Will beat
her this season.
Rustler apd Pontco, also in DIR. Hyland's hands,
have been Going capital work. and the trainer IT'S Is
Hustler to win to-day, though Mr.. Barrett thinks
Nellie Van has mortgage ON the race
The Chesterbrook horses, The Bard at their head,
arrived at Jerome Park ON Wednesday and moved into
the big double stable near the old LorllIard round
house The Bard was on the track next morning,
has filed out slightly, but otherwise shows lttle
sn a fSrda a' Handicap al 107 Is said better by
fifteen pounds than no was last year. II ths DC uruo
no should run god race to-day
Tho PrealIness horses occupy their old abode on the
bill overlooking the upper end of the park Rupert
IS in TO-. and Ijelvldere never looked SO much
like a racehorse Fcahcs, who has returned to the
pigskin, Will probably ride him In the Withers
August Belmont's string arrived at his stable by
the p1lo grounds on MSdnesaay inc president 81
stakes this season. lie is as enthusiastic turinan
here long enough to learn low to ride, tho stable
should meet with success.
II the identity Of Dourke Cochran were concealed
At public ff0 S S
at him second time. The aged 1L'iper The Is now
In his tenth year, is exceptionally short, thin and
deep, and has hammer head which Grcs not add 70
his beauty He is light chestnut with white feet
aud ankles Several months of easy work on the soft
turf Of Maryland have PM him In good health and
ObiIteratod all marks of The cruel firing he underwent
last year But the rngtrne is st there | took
the old horses foot in ny hand and carefully ex-
a,ninoi tho giylOOkng lump. II Is on the cOrOnet
OF of fore-foot directly above the toe OF about
half way between the pastern and navicuiar joints.
How did he get it 2 inquired Of Mr. Lee, the
trainer. .
Tho last time no here last season he pulled
up lame" he replied Il couldn't learn the cause
untl got him TO Saratoga when noticed the rising
Examination proved It 10 be rfngbOne, and we had
II fired You feel the marks yet IL isn't at all
sensitive. and since the firing BOurke has never
shown the slightest lameness."
will you start him here at JerC,leT